Mirror Mirror

With a bait out for the perch for a couple of hours I thought I'd float a bit of crust about - and this 14lb 11oz stunning looking mirror soon took a fancy to it. No perch but double #4 on the carp challenge...

Is There A Four?

Is there a four pounder lurking about in the Farm Pond? Three perch hit the livebaits - best went 2lb 2oz - great fish but on further inspection (of the photo) it's a recapture - bit unlucky. There's so many baitfish there must be a decent amount of perch - and hopefully a monster...

The Puddle

A tiny little pond found by a mate of mine. You can walk around it in a minute, it's only a couple of feet deep & full of life - and we've seen carp. So far we've spent about 7 hours fishing it (2 sessions) without a bite - the carp seem to ignore the free samples; bread, corn, maggots & boilies. I like a challenge, wonder what will tempt them?

Revamp & Revise

Too many missed runs / bumped fish last trip - so a few tweaks to my perch livebait rig and setup. Time for a test, back to the pond. Four runs, three perch landed (2lb 2oz, about 1lb & one about 10oz) - that's better - but there's always room for improvement...

Sunshine & Perch

Back to the Farm Pond, back to my perch quest. A couple of little livebaits out on the lead. And after missing a couple of runs I hit one - it was the one I was after. A beautiful, hard earmed 3lb 2oz perch was in the net - got my three pounder - absolutely fantastic!!


A few more runs but I either missed them or bumped the perch, so I thought I'd use up the rest of the (livebait-bait) bread before it got dark, and stalk a carp - or in this case two. Best was a 9lb 1oz common carp - love getting them off the surface.

Nice Blank

With a little livebait searching for a perch, I thought I'd try and stalk out a carp in the afternoon sunshine. And 4 little carp (to 8lb 1oz, below) slipped up - if you've got to blank for perch - that's the way to do it!

Mayday!

Typical May bank holiday weather - hammering down. And four carp managed to slip the hook before this beauty found the net - 10lb 7oz. Soaked through but job done; double number 3 on the scorecard.